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Walter V. Addiego

Walter V. Addiego

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications:
Hearst Newspapers , Houston Chronicle , San Francisco Chronicle , San Francisco Examiner
Total Reviews:
573

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2/4 57% When Comedy Went to School (2013) " If you can overlook [the] unfortunate stuff, and a cornball windup, what's left is fascinating and funny." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 3, 2013
3/4 85% We Are What We Are (2013) " The movie saves most of its modest number of jolts for its last quarter or so, which makes them all the more intense. They stick in your craw - and be warned, they're not for the squeamish." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 3, 2013
2/4 67% Haute Cuisine (2013) " "Haute Cuisine" is a bonbon, not of a full-course meal." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 27, 2013
2/4 50% Thanks For Sharing (2013) " A well-meaning, sporadically entertaining and ultimately formulaic look at the struggles of a group of recovering sex addicts." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/4 98% Wadjda (2013) " A simple story told with economy, "Wadjda" is a notable example of old-school, humanistic filmmaking." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 19, 2013
3/4 75% Populaire (2013) " Is this remake really necessary? Maybe not, but to worry about that is to risk missing out on a lot of fun." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 12, 2013
2/4 34% Adore (2013) " It's even hard to simply enjoy the performances of the two stars, who give more that the film deserves." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Sep 5, 2013
3/4 52% Thérèse (2013) " While there's a certain staid feeling to the production, it does deliver a solid working-over to the era's gentry." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 29, 2013
2/4 74% The Grandmaster (2013) " Beautiful but troubled, achieving in stretches the director's signature dreamy mood but dragged down by narrative confusions." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 29, 2013
3/4 96% Cutie And The Boxer (2013) " The film neither simplifies the troubled relationship nor pushes us to take sides, but asks us to observe the complexities of their life together." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 22, 2013
3/4 78% Europa Report (2013) " Low key and earnest, Sebastián Cordero's "Europa Report" makes compelling use of familiar genre material to create an intelligent science fiction thriller." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 15, 2013
2/4 68% The Artist and the Model (2013) " Partly about the importance of fresh observation, the film has little new to say about life, inspiration or art." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 15, 2013
3/4 84% Prince Avalanche (2013) " Plenty of absurd and deadpan humor, even slapstick, with a melancholy undertone. A minimalist tale of mismatched workers who paint lines on isolated Texas roads. Good performances, Paul Rudd is particularly impressive." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2/4 28% Drift (2013) " Has genial moments, but they're lost in a sea of boilerplate incidents and prefab characters. Surfing sequences are easily as striking as what we see in documentaries about the sport. " — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Aug 1, 2013
3/4 95% Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself (2013) " The film strongly evokes a certain segment of the American cultural scene from the 1950s through the '70s, though Plimpton continued working until his death in 2003." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 25, 2013
3/4 95% The Hunt (2013) " An intense, hard to watch drama, of a man's life torn apart by his fellow citizens. The performance is skilled enough that it won the top acting award at last year's Cannesfestival." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 25, 2013
81% Crystal Fairy (2013) " Director Sebastián Silva seems to be whispering that we shouldn't be taken in by the movie's casual, spontaneous feel, that deep matters are afoot. I'm not sold." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 22, 2013
67% One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (2013) " Despite its handful of emotional, soul-baring moments, "One Track Heart"... has a once-over-lightly feeling that disappoints." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 22, 2013
81% Shadow Dancer (2013) " The film relies on terse dialogue and boggy colors to create an atmosphere dense with anxiety -- all well handled by director James March." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 22, 2013
3/4 89% Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2013) " Jay's own personality and intellect steer the film, and he's such a finely honed performer that he easily carries it off...What we get here, simply, is time spent with Ricky Jay, and that's time well spent." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jul 5, 2013
2.5/4 64% Unfinished Song (2013) " Get out your handkerchiefs for an unabashed tearjerker that has some surprisingly potent moments. Buried in all the shameless sentiment is a touching family story, and good performances from veterans Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jun 27, 2013
3/4 100% Elemental (2013) " Elemental stands out from the perpetual flow of eco-documentaries by at least glancing at some of the personal issues and professional setbacks faced by the activists it portrays." — Hearst Newspapers
Posted Jun 14, 2013
3/4 84% Fill the Void (2013) " "Fill the Void," a compelling and skillfully made domestic drama, is a rarity, a film that's both set within, and emerges from, a devoutly religious world." — Hearst Newspapers
Posted Jun 7, 2013
3/4 85% Sightseers (2013) " A British black comedy made in the spirit of "let's run with this demented premise till the tank is empty."" — Hearst Newspapers
Posted May 31, 2013
2/4 67% The We and the I (2013) " Gondry has talent, and I think he enjoyed being with these youngsters, but the film suffers in trying to impose something vaguely like a story on a framework that boils down to teen high jinks during a bus ride." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 22, 2013
3/4 90% Beyond The Hills (2013) " The film offers rewards for the patient viewer as it examines conflicting visions of love played out in a remote faith-based community." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 15, 2013
2/4 61% A Fierce Green Fire (2013) " It's a decent overview of the subject, but the film's presentation is unexceptional, and it never hints that there is reasoned opposition to the views it advocates." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 15, 2013
2/4 81% Like Someone in Love (2013) " There are some limited rewards in seeing the consequences and complexities that result from the characters' deceptions and assumed roles, but in the end the film is unsatisfying." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 8, 2013
3/4 93% Barbara (2012) " The movie examines the possibility of maintaining one's humanity in a truly oppressive society." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 8, 2013
3/4 89% A Place at the Table (2013) " "A Place at the Table" presents a shameful truth that should leave viewers dismayed and angry: This nation has more than enough food for all its people, yet millions of them are hungry." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 7, 2013
1/4 25% Phantom (2013) " A game effort by a decent cast highlights the old-fashioned submarine thriller "Phantom," but heavy-handed dialogue, flurries of melodrama and a silly ending make the whole enterprise sink like a stone." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Mar 1, 2013
3/4 87% Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2013) " It's a do-it-yourself world that Herzog clearly admires - much of what we see is the men performing the tasks that enable them to survive." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 22, 2013
3/4 95% West of Memphis (2012) " It tells the story of a terrible crime compounded by a grave injustice that's been remedied, but only in part, so it's impossible to have a single or simple response to the movie." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 8, 2013
3/4 100% Sound City (2013) " If it doesn't break any ground as a documentary, it's a heartfelt testament to a place he considers among the most hallowed halls of rock." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 1, 2013
3/4 81% In Another Country (2013) " If you take the film as the bauble it is, you'll be entertained by its lighthearted wit, social observations and resolute sidestepping of profundity." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jan 25, 2013
2/4 42% Let Fury Have The Hour (2012) " If passion were all that mattered, "Let Fury Have the Hour" might be the film of the year." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jan 18, 2013
3/4 67% California Solo (2012) " Mainly worth seeing as a showcase for the appealing Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, who plays a has-been rocker reduced to eking out a living on an organic farm in Southern California." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jan 11, 2013
3/4 88% Tchoupitoulas (2012) " The film can be seen as simply a kind of impressionistic travelogue, but it slowly and irresistibly conveys that we're also seeing a rite of passage." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Jan 4, 2013
2/4 34% Deadfall (2012) " Despite a super-dark noir plot and respectable cast, "Deadfall" is a thriller that never quite delivers on its promise." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Dec 21, 2012
3/4 87% The Matchmaker (2012) " Nesher ... has a populist touch, showing a sure hand with the numerous subplots and never allowing us to lose sight of his characters' humanity, even the mostly pathetic villain of the piece." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Dec 14, 2012
3/4 88% Starlet (2012) " The plotline is unpromising - young porn actress befriends crotchety old lady - and the setup is underwhelming. But stick with "Starlet," and you'll reap unexpected rewards." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 30, 2012
2/4 96% Chasing Ice (2012) " The movie might have given us a bit less of Balog and a bit more of the startling sequences he produced. " — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 23, 2012
3/4 88% The Big Picture (2012) " Takes familiar material - involving a violent crime and an assumed identity - and nudges it just enough to keep us interested for most of the ride. " — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 21, 2012
3/4 98% Brooklyn Castle (2012) " "Brooklyn Castle" easily checkmates your inner cynic." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 15, 2012
3/4 95% Sister (2012) " Seydoux perfectly captures the anger and self-defeat of ill-educated, hedonistic, man-chasing young women who live on the fringes." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 9, 2012
3/4 80% The Other Son (2012) " Lévy generally succeeds in creating a compelling, humanistic family drama, even if some viewers may reject the movie's final note of optimism." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 2, 2012
2/4 70% The Loneliest Planet (2012) " Though it's not without virtues, "The Loneliest Planet" may try the patience of even the most dedicated lovers of art film." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Nov 2, 2012
2/4 38% Nobody Walks (2012) " The direction is decent, and the film is handsome. But it's finally frustrating, enigmatic in a way that suggests emptiness more than mystery." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 26, 2012
3/4 54% Bel Borba Aqui (2012) " The film, by Burt Sun and Andre Costantini, is a celebration of the man and his work - for critical perspective, you'll have to look elsewhere." — San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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